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Phil Carter
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lou salomon
the birdonist
4 sp. correct till now. location should be slightly more exact.
phil baber
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1 Greater Flamingo
2. Little Egret
3. Night heron adult
4. Common Starling
5. Pygmy Cormorant
Location Guess: evros delta greece
2. Little Egret
3. Night heron adult
4. Common Starling
5. Pygmy Cormorant
Location Guess: evros delta greece
Cristian Mihai
Cristian Mihai
I would say that the location is Danube Delta and no1 is a Great Crested Grebe...
lou salomon
the birdonist
ok, location is danube delta and 5 out of 6 sp. have been guessed. cristian gets only one point for location 
(and another one for correct sp.). 8-P
meanwhile i'm starting the second round (5 sp. only o )
(and another one for correct sp.). 8-Pmeanwhile i'm starting the second round (5 sp. only o
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phil baber
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1. Little Crake
2. Crag Martin
3. Dalmatian Pelican
4. Garganey
5. Glossy Ibis
Plus 5 ?s!
2. Crag Martin
3. Dalmatian Pelican
4. Garganey
5. Glossy Ibis
Plus 5 ?s!
phil baber
Clipped Wing
Going back to 1st selection...
No2 ,I now think, shows a large Heron/Egret. With one straight leg and the other crossing over it. The amorphous yellowish blob I believe is a captured frog at an odd angle. The bill enters the frame at top left, and is contiguous with the line of the frog's body. The greenish and dark cast to the legs leads me to surmise...
No 2 Great White Egret...
No2 ,I now think, shows a large Heron/Egret. With one straight leg and the other crossing over it. The amorphous yellowish blob I believe is a captured frog at an odd angle. The bill enters the frame at top left, and is contiguous with the line of the frog's body. The greenish and dark cast to the legs leads me to surmise...
No 2 Great White Egret...
lou salomon
the birdonist
phil's points: round 1 = 4 (#5!), round 2 = 1 o
phil baber
Clipped Wing
Argh! Which one did I get right???
Another stab...
1. Stick on Little Crake
2. Jackdaw
3. Herring Gull
4. Gadwall female.
5. Imm Night Heron
Another stab...
1. Stick on Little Crake
2. Jackdaw
3. Herring Gull
4. Gadwall female.
5. Imm Night Heron
lou salomon
the birdonist
lou salomon
the birdonist
zero o
phil, sorry, your first guess also was a zero (my old confusion between these two sp. in engl. names: garganey <--> gadwall), now you got female gadwall right: here it is.
one sp. in pic 5 (round 1) was correct too.
some clues for round 2:
- 1 german name has sth. to do with the familiy in which phil's guess is (now very easy!)
- 2 wing shape in this pic deceiving (that's why i took this shot, haha), now let's see in which direction your guesses go...
- 3 somebody was very close
- 5 is "the species" in the danube delta that always tricks you from a distance (sometimes you think it's a night heron, sometimes you think it's a grey headed woodie etc...)
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phil baber
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1. Kleinst Waterhoen? (Baillon's Crake)
phil baber
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Round 2
3.White Pelican
Round 1
5. Great Cormorant
3.White Pelican
Round 1
5. Great Cormorant
lou salomon
the birdonist
points round 1
got it, phil. pic of the 2 cormorant sp. attached.
here's the points for round 1:
macs = 4 (3 pt. for correct species, 1 point for vague location)
phil carter = 1 for getting night heron right
phil baber = 4 (although a bit generous given since i'd already confirmed there had been named 4 sp. correct)
cristian = 2 (1 for GCG, 1 for danube delta)
jonny721 = 0
got it, phil. pic of the 2 cormorant sp. attached.
here's the points for round 1:
macs = 4 (3 pt. for correct species, 1 point for vague location)
phil carter = 1 for getting night heron right
phil baber = 4 (although a bit generous given since i'd already confirmed there had been named 4 sp. correct)
cristian = 2 (1 for GCG, 1 for danube delta)
jonny721 = 0
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lou salomon
the birdonist
phil, i didn't want to hear the dutch name for a relative of little crake; the german name of the mystery bird bears in it the familiy name in which little crake is. now! :-C
here's a bit more of the harder ones in round two:
here's a bit more of the harder ones in round two:
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phil baber
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2 Arctic Skua
3 Yellow-Legged Gull
5 Great Bittern
3 Yellow-Legged Gull
5 Great Bittern
lou salomon
the birdonist
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